Originally Posted by
Suppressed Poet
Your response here confirms our type of government.
Ask yourself this: Where is the establishment of, granted power, and defined authority of our government derived from? The answer is the constitution. That takes care of the first part.
A republic already has representative & democratic elements, but the difference is a republic is not held hostage solely to the majority. There is a reason why we have an electoral college that elects our president vs. a popular vote of the people. There is a reason why each state gets the same number (2) of senators as PB pointed out.
I would tell you to educate yourself but I fear that is a lost cause.